The future of Wisconsin's polka tradition depends on young musicians, like 12-year-old Ephraim McMullin, a member of the ...

In 2013 and 2014, Blau, a professor of film at UW-Milwaukee, traversed Wisconsin with Rick March, an author, musician and musicologist from Madison. Blau and March, whose book, Polka Heartland, is ...

Known as "Lou" to his polka fans, Wisconsin Polka Hall of Fame winner Gene Allen, 81, of McFarland, holds a Sousaphone made in the 1920s. He purchased the instrument in 1953, and about 10 years ago ...

As the horns pulse and the bass drum pops, dozens of couples work in unison to alternate their footwork and swing their bodies to the much-celebrated and interactive state dance — polka. This was the ...

MILWAUKEE -- Three nights a week at Art's Concertina Bar you can step back to a time when couples went out to dance the polka and listen to the sounds of a concertina. But now owner Art Altenburg ...

OCONOMOWOC, Wis. — The Wisconsin State Polka Festival is moving locations this year. The festival had previously been held at a converted turkey barn in Concord. But officials say that location double ...

PULASKI (AP) -- The dancers who polka-dotted the floor at Zielinski's Ballroom on Wednesday weren't just out to have fun. They were upholding the law. In the village that was declared Wisconsin's ...

Smithsonian Folkways: SF 40088 (on container: SF CD 40088). Polkas and other dance music performed by 7 Wisconsin polka bands. All selections previously released. Program notes by Richard March (28 p.